Background
Percival, S. Piers Bassnett was born on June 10, 1937 in London. Son of Stanley Thomas Basnett and Freda (Main) Percival.
Percival, S. Piers Bassnett was born on June 10, 1937 in London. Son of Stanley Thomas Basnett and Freda (Main) Percival.
Master of Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, Cambridge U., 1959.
Resident, St. Thomas Hospital, Roy Berks Hospital, Shrewsbury Eyeaear, Birmingham MidEye house surgeon, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1962; registrar, Roy. Berks. Hospital, Reading, 1964-1967; senior registrar, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, 1967-1969; senior registrar, Birmingham (England) Midland Eye Hospital, 1969-1971; consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Scarborough District Health Authority, 1971-1992; consultant, head clinical services ophthalmology, Scarborough & New York Health Care Trust, since 1992. Lecturer worldwide on cataract surgery with lens implantation.
Fellow Royal College Surgeons, Royal College of Opthalmologists. Member International Intraocular Implants, American Cataract Refractive Surgery, American Academy Opthalmologists, United Kingdom Intraocular Implants Society (president 1984-1986), North England Ophthalmic Society (president since 1994).
Married Mary Nicholson, August 9, 1964. Children: Sarah, Juliette, Robert Thomas Bassnett, Rebecca.